Bethany Black on Nostr: Just seen someone talking about how their 1970’s HiFi equipment doesn’t need ...
Just seen someone talking about how their 1970’s HiFi equipment doesn’t need updates or bluetooth or the cloud to work, and 60 odd comments of the most boring people on this site engaging in “they don’t make them like they used to!” talk, no one pointing out that this is a combination of survivorship bias and them having the technical ability to replace components.
“I doubt your modern stuff will work in 10 years!” He says, forgetting that most of the HiFis made in 1975 were broken by 1985.
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